AI Drug Discovery Is Not Just About Speed

AI in drug discovery is often framed as a speed story. Faster screening, faster structure prediction, faster candidate generation. But speed is only the surface. What AI really changes is the way search space is organized. In traditional drug discovery, much of the challenge lies not only in testing compounds, but in deciding where to look. AI expands the ability to navigate vast biological and chemical spaces, but it does not eliminate the underlying uncertainty of biology itself. ...

March 20, 2026